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... metre , or by rhyme , or by both con- jointly . In this , the lowest sense , a man might attribute the name of a poem to the well known enumeration of the days in the several months ; 66 Thirty days hath September ,. April , June , and ...
... metre , or by rhyme , or by both con- jointly . In this , the lowest sense , a man might attribute the name of a poem to the well known enumeration of the days in the several months ; 66 Thirty days hath September ,. April , June , and ...
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... ! But the communication of pleasure may be the immediate object of a work not metrically composed ; and that object may have been in a high degree attained , as in novels and roman- ces . Would then the mere superaddition of metre , 7.
... ! But the communication of pleasure may be the immediate object of a work not metrically composed ; and that object may have been in a high degree attained , as in novels and roman- ces . Would then the mere superaddition of metre , 7.
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... metre , with or without rhyme , entitle these to the name of poems ? The answer is , that no- thing can permanently please , which does not contain in itself the reason why it is so , and not otherwise . If metre be superadded , all ...
... metre , with or without rhyme , entitle these to the name of poems ? The answer is , that no- thing can permanently please , which does not contain in itself the reason why it is so , and not otherwise . If metre be superadded , all ...
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... metre , and even without the contra- distinguishing objects of a poem . The first chapter of Isaiah ( indeed a very large propor- tion of the whole book ) is poetry in the most emphatic sense ; yet it would be not less ir- rational than ...
... metre , and even without the contra- distinguishing objects of a poem . The first chapter of Isaiah ( indeed a very large propor- tion of the whole book ) is poetry in the most emphatic sense ; yet it would be not less ir- rational than ...
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... metre , on the other hand , he is comparatively careless . The measure is either constructed on no previous system , and acknowledges no justifying prin- ciple but that of the writer's convenience ; or else some mechanical movement is ...
... metre , on the other hand , he is comparatively careless . The measure is either constructed on no previous system , and acknowledges no justifying prin- ciple but that of the writer's convenience ; or else some mechanical movement is ...
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